Non-skid mud-shoe for autos.



Y J. W. SEIBERT & J. W. RILEY.

NON-SKID MUD SHOE FOR AUTOS.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 24, 1914.

Patented Mar. 9,1915.

J%t fzz lnventow Witnesses Attorneys JOHN "W. SElJfllaIt'fi, Am JAMES WARREN RILEY, OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

NON-SKID MUD-SHOE FOR AUTOS.

Specification of Letters lfatent.

Patented Mara 9,1915.

Application filed December 24, 19,14. Serial No. 878,956.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOHN W. SEIBERT and JAMES W. RILEY, citizens of the Unit-ed States, residing at Galesburg, in the county of Knox, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Non-Skid Mud-Shoe for Autos, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a shoe or protector for vehicle tires.

The invention aims to provide novel means for reinforcing the transverse traction cleats, the said means constituting also places of attachment for the connecting links.

It is within the scope of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that; type'to which the present invention appertains.

\Vith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the 25 details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing :-Figure 1 shows in side elevation a wheel equipped with the device forming the subject matter of this application; Fig. 2 is a top plan of one of the con stituent members of the protector; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. L is a cross section on the line H of Fig. 1.

The tire protector herein disclosed comprises a plurality of rigid members preferably fashioned from iron or steel, each of the said members including a trough-shaped body 1, the body 1 being equipped with a single pair of transverse traction cleats 2 which extend as shown at 3 to the extreme longitudinal edges of the body 1, the cleats 2 being spaced from the ends of the body 1 to form tire protecting extensions 5, there being longitudinal ribs 6 formed integrally faces of the ribs merging unbrokenly into.

the outer faces of the cleats 2 as shown at 7. The ribs 6 are provided with longitudinal slots 8 receiving the ends of links 9. Pivot elements 10. pass through the end portions of the ribs 6 and through the ends of the links 9 thereby to assemble the constituent members of the protector pivotally together. If desired, one or more of the links 9 may be replaced by turnbuckles 11 adapted to tighten up the protector about the tire. At intervals, the flexible elements 12 may connect opposed portions of the trough-shaped protecting elements, the securing elements 12 being of the hook and eye construction shown in Fig. 1 or being of any other desired form. The longitudinal ribs 6 exercise a double function. Llhey serve at once to reinforce the transverse cleats 2 and-they alford strong reinforcements, adapted to be slotted as at 8 for the reception of the links 9. Owing to the fact that the ribs 6 are located at the extreme longitudinal edges ofthe body 1, but do not extend entirely across the body 1, transversely, both faces of the cleats 2 are made effective. The extensions 5, protruding beyond the transverse ribs 6, act as tire protecting elements and should any rib 6 ride off a stone or other obstruction, such obstruction will be en gaged by the extensions 5, the tirel l'thus being protected.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A tire protector comprising a plurality of rigid members, each including a troughshaped body, the body being equipped with a single pair of transverse traction cleats which extend to the extreme longitudinal edges of the body, the cleats being spaced from the ends of the body to define tire prostecting extensions, there being transversely spaced longitudinal ribs formed integrally with the cleats and with the extensions and at the extreme longitudinal edges of the extensions, and at the extreme ends of the eX- as our own, We have hereto afiixed our signatensions, the outer faces of the ribs merging tures in the presence of two Witnesses.

unbrokenlv into the outer faces of the cleats, the ribs having longitudinal slots; links ter- R 5 minztlly mounted in the slots; and pivot elements passing through the links and enter- Witnesses: ing the ribs. RAY DIAL,

In testimony that We claim the foregoing VEBB A. HERLOCKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

